Alternate words for tiny houses [closed]

Tiny houses (70 to 400 sq.ft. according to the American Tiny House Association) are becoming a trend in the US.

Can you please help me come up with alternative words for tiny houses? I can't use small in place of tiny as it is a different category of house i.e. 400 to 1000 sq. ft.

I have read petite but it is used for women. Minuscule also does not seem right as it seems too tiny for a house.

Thank you in advance.

Context: I am writing a 500-word blog about tiny houses.


Bijou is sometimes used for spaces and furniture which are small but attractive.

Merriam Webster defines it as

something delicate, elegant, or highly prized

It is actually French and means "jewel" but has been adopted into English with the above meaning.


You could say mini-houses. As a prefix, mini- can precede nouns to mean:

smaller or less important than a normal example of the same thing:

  • He has his own mini-refrigerator in his room. (Cambridge)

In fact, GNgram shows that the us of mini-houses increases, which may be related to the fact that such houses have become trendy lately.

Mini houses, without the hyphen, is also correct.